England cricket winter tour

Addick Addict

That was a review that smacked of nothing but hope!

Leuth

Don't want to be getting a Broadean reputation of a selfish reviewer!

Leuth

Anyway, game's moved along - good. I feel England may have enough already tbh, their bowling should be strong

Covered End

Covered End said:

Very enjoyable watching England batting properly in a Test. We haven't seen this for years. There has to be a possibility this could go to 5 days! 

So 3 wickets fell in 15 mins after this. 

Rudders22

Just switched over after celebrity show and saw Butler and Archer in. Thought WTF as last time I flicked over Stokes was on 90.  My god, just seen the Stokes and Pope wickets. What crap shots. 

Addick Addict

Covered End said:

Covered End said:

Very enjoyable watching England batting properly in a Test. We haven't seen this for years. There has to be a possibility this could go to 5 days! 

So 3 wickets fell in 15 mins after this. 

And another

Covered End

295/8 Archer out. Still no backbone to the team. 

Leuth

No backbone? The backbone's walking out to bat right now

Rudders22

So we have gone from Test cricket to one day cricket in an hour. 

Leuth

Buttler dodges a run-out now

Addick Addict

I'm not sure Buttler should be in Test mode right now

Leuth

Enjoying how well Leach is playing, to the extent where Buttler went from not giving him the strike in one over, to letting him keep the strike at the end of the next one

Leuth

There's a strong case for batting him ahead of Archer too

Covered End

Leuth said:

There's a strong case for batting him ahead of Archer too

Definitely. 

Leuth

Right, let's check out this 16 year-old Pakistani pacer

Chizz

Leuth said:

There's a strong case for batting him ahead of Archer too

Only as a nightwatchman

oohaahmortimer

England all out for 353

Callumcafc

NZ 50-1 at tea.

Callumcafc

Quality mid wicket catch Joe Denly...

72-2

Callumcafc

353 was England’s highest first innings score on foreign soil since the Boxing Day Test in 2017.

Callumcafc

NZ 144-4 at stumps day two.

Nicholls 26
Watling 6

cantersaddick

Just been told on comms that Curran has bowled quicker so far today than Broad has. Hes certainly quicker than he was a year ago.


Still would have had archer on first up after he hit Nicholls on the head yesterday.

Addick Addict

That review would have been great had he not middled it and had the ball not pitched outside leg stump too!

Edit: it pitched in line
Edit edit: but he still middled it

Leuth

Why isn't Leach bowling?

AshBurton

You’re kidding me, that was stone dead

Chizz

Spin to win

BR3red

Village fielding from England after review from Archer

Stokes drop  😩

Needed that wicket...

golfaddick

NZ on top. Our bowling has resembled a village green outfit at times.....Root's looked the most dangerous & that was with the old ball.

Expect to be in deficit on 1st innings by at least 50. 

Chris_from_Sidcup

Day 3 did not go well.

Callumcafc

The pitch is doing nothing - Archer’s banging it into the pitch and getting nothing. Leach isn’t getting any turn. Expecting this to barely reach a fourth innings.